Your surround mixes might sound great in your 5.1 equipped studio, but with all…the flexibility of Pro Tools, you might need to work on them when a six channel…speaker setup just isn't possible.…Downmixing is the concept of folding down your 5.1 mixes into less channels.…In this movie we'll explore how to take a 6-channel surround mix and downmix…it to monitor and stereo using the Neyrinck surround tool that come with a…complete production toolkit.…The mix of this project has a few surround mix moves going on in it.…If you wanted to listen in two channel stereo like we are now, we would miss some…of the surround mix moves that are happening.…

For example, in this crash scene we've got one of the crash sounds we've…enhanced with surround reverb.…Right now we are just listening to stereo and if I play it back, we miss it.…Let me solo the track and let's hear it.…(Crash!)…So all we hear is just the left/right component, but I'm not hearing any…reverb and surround.…Of course~ Because we don't have surround speakers set up and we're just…

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Updated

4/4/2012

Released

6/14/2011

In this course, professional audio engineer Scott Hirsch shows how to create an evocative sound mix for a film or video, built from basic audio collected during the shoot and transformed into a final mix using Pro Tools 9. This course shows how to set up and optimize a Pro Tools session template for projects with unique requirements, record Foley and ADR audio, layer sound effects, perform corrections such as noise reduction and pitch shifting, mix for stereo and 5.1 surround sound, and finally, how to format and deliver the finalized mix, whether destined for DVD, movie theater, broadcast, or the web.

Topics include:

Understanding video formats, codecs, and timecode rates

Importing OMFs and AAFs into Pro Tools

Spotting film and using markers

Using room tone

Creating fades to smooth out audio edits

Sweetening and hard effects

Recording ADR and editing with VocALign LE

Editing out plosives, crackles, and hums

Mixing with automation and reverb

Calibrating for 5.1 surround mixing and bass management

Mastering delivery levels and dynamics

Understanding the Audio Suite enhancements in Pro Tools 10

Skill Level Intermediate

5h 9m

Duration

284,026

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Q: This course was updated on 4/04/12. Can you tell me what changed?

A: This update was initiated when Avid released Pro Tools 10. It explains that this course can be taken with either Pro Tools 9 or 10 (the exercise files are compatible with both), and we also added movies that explore the enhanced clip-based gain and Audio Suite features in Pro Tools 10, both of which are useful when building a soundtrack.